appleman Posted March 5, 2016 Share #1 Posted March 5, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Now here's a recent thing. Using a mono file and printing on Ilford Galerie Prestige Gold Mono Silk using a Epsom R2000 printer I get a blue cast in the shadow areas. Anybody else have this problem?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted March 6, 2016 Share #2 Posted March 6, 2016 Due to the age of your printer the first port of call would be the printer head. Personally I would go through the programmed cleaning procedure . If that did not fix it I would buy a new printer. BrianP Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleman Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted March 6, 2016 Thanks Brian. The printer is 2 years from new and not used a great deal. Heads cleaned etc. Just a recent thing this colour cast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Black Posted March 6, 2016 Share #4 Posted March 6, 2016 If you've used this combo in the past and all worked as expected, then double check all the printer driver settings, paper profile, etc. Sometimes in software updates things get reset or parameters changed, especially if updating a printer driver and/or printer firmware. If all this stuff checks out okay and you're confident it's not a set-up error or user error, the next area to consider is a hardware error, bad inks (old?), etc. My Epson 3800 went without use for ~6 months at one point and it needed ~3 successive cleaning cycles to resolve a cyan cast. Eventually it got back to normal and worked fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleman Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted March 6, 2016 Thanks John. Going to do exactly as you advise. If it works I will kiss you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 6, 2016 Share #6 Posted March 6, 2016 Hi i was under the impression that the R2000 was an old model,sorry. BrianP Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleman Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share #7 Posted March 6, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I made a typo, it's an R3000 not a 2000. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Albertson Posted March 6, 2016 Share #8 Posted March 6, 2016 Might also try printing through the Advanced B&W driver instead of whatever paper profile you're using. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleman Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share #9 Posted March 6, 2016 OK I will Google it for assistance, thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david strachan Posted March 6, 2016 Share #10 Posted March 6, 2016 (edited) I have the R3000; last year had to have a new print head installed. Today ran some prints to keep it operational, having not used it for some time. All is fine printing test targets. If you are printing in B&W mode, of course you should not be getting any colour casts...unless you have the settings on a "cool" tint B&W. I just keep mine to "neutral", not cool, warm or sepia. The advice above is good...particularly the colour profiles. Also inks do go bad, particularly after market inks...one of the black cartridges may be dodgy. You might like to print some colour and grey scale test targets, instead of your image. Keep us informed, cheers Dave S Edited March 6, 2016 by david strachan 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted March 6, 2016 Share #11 Posted March 6, 2016 Check the expiration date on the inks....should not go too far beyond once opened, say 6 months or so. Jeff 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted March 7, 2016 Share #12 Posted March 7, 2016 You have loaded the profile for the paper haven't you? Paper profiles often come with other advice regarding other settings for the printer. Steve 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceVentura1986 Posted March 7, 2016 Share #13 Posted March 7, 2016 I have an R3000 as well and My guess is David's right. You've probably got it set to cool tint in the driver. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleman Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share #14 Posted March 7, 2016 Hi people, Printer back to normal now thank you. I tried the easy option 1st that Jack advised, "3 successive cleaning cycles to resolve a cyan cast". It worked thanks all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david strachan Posted March 7, 2016 Share #15 Posted March 7, 2016 Terrific. You've gobbled up some ink, but now all working...we are happy for you. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2016 Share #16 Posted March 7, 2016 ALways try the simple things first. I think our American friends call it the KISS principle. Brianp Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleman Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share #17 Posted March 7, 2016 ALways try the simple things first. I think our American friends call it the KISS principle. Brianp LOLs, you are right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted March 7, 2016 Share #18 Posted March 7, 2016 Congrats. You wrote after the second post that the head was clean. Assuming the check showed all nozzles clear, which I assume is what you meant, then I suspect that the subsequent 'cleanings' served to 'shake up' the inks. For the future, It's helpful if you're not using the printer for quite a while to gently shake (invert back and forth) the cartridges before you run a test print. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleman Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share #19 Posted March 8, 2016 Congrats. You wrote after the second post that the head was clean. Assuming the check showed all nozzles clear, which I assume is what you meant, then I suspect that the subsequent 'cleanings' served to 'shake up' the inks. For the future, It's helpful if you're not using the printer for quite a while to gently shake (invert back and forth) the cartridges before you run a test print. Jeff That's a good point Jeff, thanks for the tip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Jayant Posted March 11, 2016 Share #20 Posted March 11, 2016 Anybody have an advise to convert a printer in to B&W only using only B&W inks only. I have a Epson 800 used in normal inks ( colour set). I know Perma jet and some other inject ink producers have some Monochrome printing flow . But I believe I need a special print head cleaner before I adapt in to the Monochrome printing. Anybody have an idea or experience how to do it . Thanks for any information or advise about how to do this . Thanks again any answers . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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